Dysphemism Examples

a person who defends someone or something that's often criticized

socially-engaged, or wanting to help people or animals

a person receiving unemployment benefits or welfare payments

a government official or civil servant

class struggle, or efforts to have wealth and power shared more equally among different social classes

someone who wants to have total control

using violence and fear to stay in control or in power

an authoritarian leader who abuses political and human rights

a person who helps people or animals, like a charity worker or an animal rights activist

a dysphemism for "refugee" or "asylum seeker"

having radical or "extreme" views, esp. about politics

a person who campaigns for environmental causes

a dysphemism for undocumented immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers

member of a movement to defeat or overthrow a government

a person who supports progressive causes like social equality and civil rights

a person who hasn't made lots of money or had a professional career

one of many oversized houses built close together and to similar designs

a dysphemism for thinking deeply about something

to claim that something has political meaning or social importance

designed to appeal to many people (of policies, politicians, governments, etc.)

uncivilized (mostly used to describe non-Western people, culture and civilizations)

very conservative and opposed to social reform

a government, esp. an authoritarian or unfriendly one

an area where poor people live close together

mail sent by a postal service (as opposed to "email")

a person who tries to overthrow a government or political system

someone who uses unauthorized violence and fear to achieve a political goal

a dysphemism for those who accept the reality of man-made global warming